Books & Literary Life
Faith through Film
The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies
by Max J. Krupnick
Transitions Gradual and Cataclysmic
Andrew Knoll on the planet’s past—and fraught future
by Jonathan Shaw
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
al-Hariri
Brief life of a master storyteller
by Michael Cooperson
The Tensions That Roiled Texas
Annette Gordon-Reed on the real history of Texas, and Juneteenth
Finding Voices
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Not Just “Office Helpers”
From a huge new book on the history of information, an excerpt on the role of secretaries
“Like Driving at Night”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
Culture in the Cold War
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
A Gate of Whimsy
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet